Thornburgh defends TMI decision not to evacuate
Governor Dick Thornburgh testified before a Senate subcommittee that limiting evacuation to pregnant women and preschool children was the tougher choice. He argued risks of panic and displacement outweighed moving the entire central Pennsylvania area near Three Mile Island. He said he would have evacuated if facts demanded it and criticized Metropolitan Edison for early misleading statements.
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Pennsylvania
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Congress Today
Three Mile Island
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Subcommittee
Gary Hart
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Metropolitan Edison
Herman Diekampf
Walter Creitz
Creitz
Carter eyes arms treaty summit after vacation
President Carter returns to work after an 11 day break amid hints of a possible week end announcement to sign a new strategic arms limitation treaty with the Soviet Union. State Department sources say Vance and Dobrynin must meet to advance the plan.
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Carter
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Georgia
Cyrus Vance
Anatoly Dobrynin
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Bonds set for Balmorhea man
Balmorhea resident Robert Millar Ortega, 30, is held in Reeves County jail on 5200 bond after Sunday arrest for resisting arrest aggravated assault on a police officer aggravated assault and public intoxication. Bond breaks down to 1000 for resisting arrest 2000 each for aggravated assaults and 200 for intoxication. Investigating a criminal mischief case at 1414 W Third where a window pane was broken again as talks of a Carter Brezhnev arms treaty summit unfold in Europe amid Brezhnev health concerns. White House briefings on SALT continued with possible week end announcements but no agreement confirmed. Carter returned to Washington after attending a Georgia infant dedication and prepared remarks to NAS to discuss science and oil tax policy.
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Reeves County
Pecos
Raul Florez
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Europe
Brezhnev
White House
Jody Powell
Vehicle Burglary Reported in Pecos at 611 E Second
Pecos Police investigate a vehicle burglary at 611 E Second. Reported at 1:40 a.m. April 22, the thief took the left front tire and rim and hubcap from a 1977 passenger car, plus the right front wheel hubcap. Values: tire 40, rim and hubcap 42, spoke hubcap 15, total 97.
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Pecos
Reeves County approves truck bid and center study
In a 35 minute session Reeves County Commissioners authorize Commissioner Martinez to negotiate a 3 ton truck purchase. Low bid Pecos Motors at 14000 with four month delivery, higher Hess Buick Chevrolet offers immediate delivery. County Judge Pigman cites Pecos Chamber contract with Real Estate Research Corp for a convention and civic center study to be delivered in 45 days. Court transfers 10000 to Rodeo Fair Committee and considers Sheriff Florez request for two more deputies.
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Marcos Martinez
Precinct I
Hess Buick- Chevrolet
Pecos Motors
Hess Chevrolet-Buick
Pecos Motors, Inc
Martinez
W.O. ‘Bill’’ Pigman
Pecos
Maxey
Ken Matta
Pecos City
Chamber of Commerce
Pigman
Reeves County
Raul Florez
Four-year-old boy drowns in Southeast Texas floods
Two deaths reported in Southeast Texas floods as torrential rains trigger widespread flooding across five counties. Four-year-old Joel O Cantu died after being pulled from a rain-filled pool and Donald Edwin Brigham 40 drowned when he fell from a boat on the San Jacinto River. The fatalities raise weather-related deaths to seven as residents brace for more flooding and authorities assess damage across Harris, Liberty, Jefferson, Chambers, and Hardin counties.
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Houston
Fort Bend
Donald Edwin Brigham
San Jacinto
San Antonio
Liberty
Jefferson
Chambers
Fort Bend County
Montgomery County
Harris County
Neches
Beaumont
Kountze
Hardin County
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Conroe
Sam Houston National Forest
Cleveland
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